List of Publications

 

Book chapters

  1. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, A. Hoorfar, N. Engheta, “Transient Adaptive Polarization-Difference Imaging Algorithm for Through-the-Wall Microwave Imaging Applications,” Ultra-Wideband, Short- Pulse Electromagnetics 8, Carl E. Baum, Alex P. Stone, and J. Scott Tyo, Eds., Springer-Verlag, to appear 2008.
  
 

Journal papers

  1. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, A. Hoorfar, N. Engheta, “Adaptive Polarization-Difference Imaging Algorithm for Through-the-Wall Microwave Imaging Applications,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace & Electronic Systems, August 2006.
  2. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Polarization- and Specular-Reflection-Based, Non-contact Latent Fingerprint Imaging and Lifting,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 23, No 9, September 2006 (doc. ID 66822, posted 6 April 2006, in press).
  3. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Separation and contrast enhancement of overlapping cast shadow components using polarization”, Optics Express, Vol. 14, No. 16, pp. 7099-7108, August 2006,
    (http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-16-7099).
  4. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Adaptive Algorithms for 2-Channel Polarization Sensing under Various Polarization Statistics with Non-Uniform Distributions,” Applied Optics, feature issue on Polarization Imaging and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, pp. 5504-5520, August 2006.
  5. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, W. Q. Luis, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Bio-Inspired Display of Polarization Information Using Certain Visual Cues,” Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 5158, pp. 71-84, August 2003. (Invited Paper).
  6. K. M. Yemelyanov, M.A. Lo, E. N. Pugh Jr., N. Engheta, “Display of polarization information by coherently moving dots,” Optics Express, Vol. 11, No 13, pp. 1577-1584, June 2003, (http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-11-13-1577).
  7. K. M. Yemelyanov, A. G. Nerukh, “Irregular Scattering of Electromagnetic Signals in a Regular Time-Varying Medium,” Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, Vol. 57, No 5, pp. 7-11, 2002.
  8. K. M. Yemelyanov, A. G. Nerukh, F. V. Fedotov, “Numerical investigation of the electromagnetic signal propagation in the nonstationary plasma with the original software,” Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics Digest – Radio Electronics and Information Science, No 4, pp.18-23, 2000. (in Russian).
  9. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, “Electromagnetic Signal Evolution in a Nonstationary Plasma with a Magnetic Field Jump,” Journal of Applied Electromagnetism, Vol. 2, No 3, pp. 51-64, 1999.
  10. K. M. Yemelyanov, A. G. Nerukh “Comparison of the Numerical Calculation Methods for Solution to the Problem of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in a Medium with Time-Varying Parameters,” Digest of the Kharkov State University – Radio Physics and Electronics, No 427, pp. 87-90, 1999. (in Russian).
  11. S. B. Nikitskiy, O. A. Tretyakov, K. M. Yemelyanov, “Electromagnetic Step Signal Propagation in Lossy Waveguides,” Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, Vol. 51, No 2-3, pp. 149-159, 1997. (Originally appeared in Radiophysics and Radioastronomy, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 137-145, 1997).

Manuscripts in preparation

  1. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Bio-Inspired Display of Polarization Information Using Dynamic Visual Cues,” (to be submitted to Optics Express).
  
 

Conference presentations

  1. S. A. Kassam, F. Ahmad, M. G. Amin, K. Yemelyanov, “Target and change detection in synthetic aperture radar sensing of urban structures,” accepted to IEEE Radar Conference 2008, May 26-30, 2008, Rome, Italy.
  2. H. Estephan, M. G. Amin , K. M. Yemelyanov, “Waveform Design for Through-The-Wall Radar Imaging Applications,” accepted to SPIE Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense VI Conference, March 16-20, 2008, Orlando, FL, USA.
  3. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, "Characterization of the walls using polarization-contrast techniques," URSI CNC/USNC North America Science Meeting, July 22-26, 2007, Ottawa, Canada. (Invited paper).
  4. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, "Polarization-Contrast Sensing in Complex Environment for Through-the-Wall Microwave Imaging Applications," Proc. 2007 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 10-15, 2007, Honolulu, HI, USA, pp. 1473-1476.
  5. J. A. McVay, K. M. Yemelyanov, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, "Through-the-Wall Imaging and Sensing: an Electromagnetic Perspective," Proc. SAFE 2007: Workshop on Signal Processing Applications for Public Security and Forensics, April 13-14, 2007, Washington, DC, USA. (Invited paper).
  6. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Shadow Vision Enhancement Using Polarization Imaging,” OSA-2005 Annual Meeting, October 2006, Rochester, USA (poster).
  7. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, “Transient Adaptive Polarization-Contrast Imaging Algorithm for Through-Wall Detection of Objects Inside the Room,” 2006 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting July 9-15, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
  8. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, “An Overview of the Role of Adaptive Polarization-Contrast Techniques in Through-Wall Microwave Imaging Applications,” 2006 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 9-15, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
  9. J. A. McVay, V. R. Komanduri, K. M. Yemelyanov, A. Hoorfar, N. Engheta, “Experimental Study of Wall Effects on the Performance of a Dual Polarized, Broadband Array of Stacked E-Patch Elements in Through-Wall Imaging Applications,” 2006 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 9-15, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, USA, accepted for presentation.
  10. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, E. N. Pugh, Jr, N. Engheta, “Optical Non-Invasive Latent Fingerprint Lifting,” OSA-2005 Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2005,  Tucson, Arizona, USA (view poster, 3.71 MB).
  11. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Polarization-Based Segmentation for Enhancement of Target Detection in Adaptive Polarization-Difference Imaging,” OSA-2005 Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2005, Tucson, Arizona, USA (view poster. 4.05 MB).
  12. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, “Transient Adaptive Polarization Contrast Techniques in Time-Domain Scattering with Applications in Through-Wall Microwave Imaging,” XXVIII-th General Assembly of URSI (GA-URSI*2005), October 23-29 2005, New Dehli, India.
  13. K. M. Yemelyanov, J. A. McVay, N. Engheta, A. Hoorfar, “Adaptive Polarization-Difference Imaging Algorithms for Through-the-Wall Microwave Imaging Scenarios,” Proc. IEEE AP-S Int. Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI*2005), Volume 4B, July 3-6, 2005, Washington DC, USA, pp. 114 - 117.
  14. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Overview of Biologically-Inspired Sensing and Imaging of Polarization Information in Nature,” Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences Annual Retreat (INS-2005, April 20, 2005, Philadelphia, USA (view poster, 2.78 MB).
  15. N. Engheta, E. N. Pugh, Jr., S.-S. Lin, and K. M. Yemelyanov, “Biologically Inspired Sensing and Imaging of Polarization Information in Nature,” Digest of USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, Jan. 5-8, 2005, p. 455.
  16. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Bio-Inspired, Adaptive Algorithms for 2- and 3-Channel Polarization Sensing under Various Polarization Statistics with Non-Uniform Distributions,” OSA-2003 Annual Meeting, October 2004, Rochester, USA. (view poster, 3.56 MB).
  17. N. Engheta, E. N. Pugh, Jr., S.-S. Lin, and K. Yemelyanov, “Seeing the Invisible: Bio-Inspired Polarization Sensing and Imaging of Polarization Information in Nature,” Workshop on Polarization and Coherence Properties of Electromagnetic Fields, School of Optics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, May 4-5, 2004, p. 11.
  18. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Polarization Enhanced Visual Surveillance Techniques,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing, and Control, March 2004, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 216-221. (Invited paper).
  19. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, W. Q. Luis, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Bio-Inspired Visualization of Polarization Information Using Temporal Fusion, Flicker, Coherently Moving Dots and Texture,” OSA-2002 Annual Meeting, October 2003, Tucson, USA.
  20. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, W. Q. Luis, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Biomimetic, adaptive, optimum polarization-opponent imaging of scenes with preferential polarization distributions,” OSA-2002 Annual Meeting, October 2003, Tucson, USA. (view poster)
  21. K. M. Yemelyanov, S.-S. Lin, W. Q. Luis, E. N. Pugh, Jr., N. Engheta, “Bio-Inspired Temporal Fusion of Polarization information into Optical Images,” Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences Annual Retreat (INS-2003, April, 2003, Philadelphia, USA. (view poster, 3.41 MB)
  22. K. M. Yemelyanov, M.A. Lo, E. N. Pugh Jr., N. Engheta, “Mapping Polarization Information into Certain Visual Cues: Coherently Moving Dots And Textures,” Institute if Neurological Sciences Annual Retreat (INS-2002), April, 2002, Philadelphia, USA. (view poster, 1.25 MB)
  23. K. M. Yemelyanov, F. V. Fedotov, A.G. Nerukh, “Numerical Simulations of Electromagnetic Transients in Nonstationary Plasma Layers,” Proc. 3-d Int. Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON*2001), pp. 226-229, June 18-21, 2001, Krakow, Poland.
  24. K. M. Yemelyanov, A.G. Nerukh, “The Transformation of the Electromagnetic Pulse in a Flat Plasma Layer,” Proc. 2001 URSI Int. Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, May 13-17, 2001, pp. 413-415, Victoria, Canada.
  25. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, “An electromagnetic signal propagation in a transient magnetized plasma with a time-varying external magnetic field,” Proc. 8-th Int. Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*2000), pp. 158-160, September 12-15, 2000, Kharkov, Ukraine.
  26. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, F. V. Fedotov, “Numerical modeling of electromagnetic signal propagation in a time-varying medium,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (AP-S/URSI*2000), Vol. 4, p 2103-2106, July 16-21, USA.
  27. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, D. K. Kalluri, “Electromagnetic Field of an Arbitrary Source in a Time-Varying Magnetized Plasma,” Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS*2000), p. 299, July 5-14, 2000, Cambridge, USA. (view poster).
  28. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, “Chaotic Behavior of Electromagnetic Waves in a Regular Time-Varying Medium,” Proc. IMACS World Congress (IMACS-2000), CD-ROM, July 11-16, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  29. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, “An Investigation of Signal Propagation in a Time-Varying Medium by Numerical Methods,” AP 2000 Int. Conference on Antennas and Propagation (AP*2000), CD-ROM, paper No 1250, April 9-14, 2000, Davos, Switzerland.
  30. A. G. Nerukh, K. M. Yemelyanov, F. V. Fedotov, “Computer Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in a Time-Varying Medium,” Proc. 1-st Int. Conference on Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT*99), pp. 429-431, September 8-11, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
  31. I. Scherbatko, A. Nerukh, K. Yemelyanov, “Simulation of Infrared Doppler Wavelength Conversion in Semiconductor Layers”, Proc. 1-st Int. Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON*99), pp. 151-155, June 9-11, 1999, Kielce, Poland. (Invited Paper).
  32. S. B. Nikitskiy, O. A. Tretyakov, K. M. Yemelyanov, “Waveguide propagation of Electromagnetic Step Signal,” Proc. 9-th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON*98), Vol.1, pp. 263-266, May 18-20, 1998, Tel-Aviv, Israel. (Received Best Student Paper Award).
  33. S. B. Nikitskiy, O. A. Tretyakov, K. M. Yemelyanov, “An Arbitrary Signal Propagation in Waveguides,” Proc. 6-th Int. Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*96), pp. 260-263, September 10-13, 1996, Lviv, Ukraine.
 
 

Patents

  1. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, N. Engheta, E. N. Pugh, Jr., "Polarization and Reflection-Based Non-Contact Latent Fingerprint Imaging and Lifting," Disclosed to Center for Technology Transfer, Univ. of Pennsylvania, April 2004, Docket #Q3544, UPN: 4562, under the title (Methods for Fingerprint Imaging and Lifting). Filing of the Provisional Patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, April 27, 2004, application #60/565-669. The patent application was filed on April 27, 2005.
  2. S.-S. Lin, K. M. Yemelyanov, N. Engheta, E. N. Pugh, Jr., "Separation and Contrast Enhancement of Overlapping Cast Shadow Components and Target Detection in Shadow using Polarization," Disclosed to Center for Technology Transfer, Univ. of Pennsylvania, July 2006, Docket # S4277, UPN: 4865, application # 60/831, 798. The patent application was filed on July 18, 2006.